a cartoonish giant whale mid-sea, children giggling on the shore

Slovenia · sung in Slovenian

Po morju plava kit

"Po morju plava kit" ("A Whale Swims in the Sea") is a cheeky, rude Slovenian playground rhyme about a whale with an enormous backside — the kind of gleefully crude nonsense children swap among themselves for the shock and the giggles.

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Besedilo (Lyrics)

Celotno besedilo pesmi »Po morju plava kit« z angleškim prevodom.

Po morju plava kit, k' ma zlo veliko rit, ko pride na sredo morja, se userje do neba. (pa prdne vse do dna)

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Se krega ljubi bog, k' si praska drek od nog, oj ta presneti kit, k' ma tko veliko rit!

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English translation

A whale swims in the sea, who has a very big bottom, when it reaches the middle of the sea, it poops right up to the sky. (and farts all the way to the bottom) Dear God grumbles, scraping the muck off his feet, oh, that pesky whale, with such an enormous bottom!

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Po morju plava kit at a glance

Country of origin
🇸🇮 Slovenia
Sung in
Slovenian
Words by
Traditional
First known
traditional playground rhyme; author unknown
Best for ages
2–7
Mood
playful, traditional
Last updated
25 July 2026

Meaning and origin

Not every children’s song is sweet, and this one is proudly not. “Po morju plava kit” is a cheeky, deliberately rude playground rhyme about a whale with an enormous backside doing thoroughly undignified things in the middle of the sea — poop up to the sky, a fart to the bottom, and even dear God left grumbling and scraping the mess off his feet. It is pure toilet humour, and it knows it.

Songs like this are a real and honest part of childhood: the crude little verses children trade among themselves, away from grown-ups, for the sheer delight of saying something they probably shouldn’t. There is nothing harmful in it — just a giant whale, a lot of mock outrage, and the giggly thrill of a rude word — but it belongs to the playground rather than the school concert. No author is recorded, of course; naughty rhymes like this have no need of one. They survive precisely because they are passed, gleefully and in whispers, from one child to the next.

Common questions

What kind of song is "Po morju plava kit"?
A cheeky, deliberately rude playground rhyme — the sort of gleefully crude nonsense children trade among themselves rather than sing at a school concert. It describes a whale with an enormous backside doing very undignified things in the middle of the sea, and its whole purpose is the shock and the giggles.
Is "Po morju plava kit" suitable for young children?
It is toilet humour, on purpose. There is nothing harmful in it, but it is naughty by design (with words for "bottom", "poop" and "fart"), so it belongs to the playground rather than to grown-up singing occasions. We include it as an honest part of the children's-song tradition, crude corners and all.
Who wrote "Po morju plava kit"?
No author is recorded; it is a traditional playground rhyme passed from child to child by word of mouth, which is exactly how rude little verses like this survive.